Thursday, 2 September 2010

What does a girl need when hubby is yet again away on business (Dubai this time)? Well this girl needs comfort to make up for missing her hubby, the food type of comfort! This month’s Delicious magazine came to the rescue with this great version of the classic spaghetti carbonara but with a slimmed-down twist. It has half the fat and 125 fewer calories compared to a typical carbonara and you’d never know the difference! This certainly delivered the comfort I needed and I could quite easily eat this everynight. I will be making this for hubby and moi when he gets back.

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the spaghetti according to the pack instructions.

Meanwhile, in another large frying pan, heat the oil and fry the bacon with the squashed garlic clove, until the bacon starts to brown. Remove the garlic clove from the pan with a slotted spoon and discard. Turn the heat off but keep the pan warm until the spaghetti is cooked.

While the bacon is cooking, mix together the egg yolks, fromage frais, half the Parmesan, the parsley and some seasoning in a bowl.

Using tongs, transfer the cooked, drained spaghetti to the pan with the still-warm bacon. Pour in the egg mixture, moving the spaghetti with the tongs to coat the pasta and thicken the egg mixture.

Taste and adjust the seasoning if need be, then serve the spaghetti carbonara sprinkled with the remaining Parmesan.

Your probably wondering why there is rainbow colours reflecting off my pasta? the reflections come from my sun-catcher crystals that I have hanging in my kitchen window. I think it looks pretty, don't you?

15 comments:

Anonymous
said...

Hi DarlingThis does look yummy! I can't wait to get home to try this and any goodies that may derive from your new addition to the cook book family on my return.48 Celsius/118 Fahrenheit is no fun without you!For ever yours..Hubbyxxx

I do the same too when hubby is not there i make comfort food, but then till now daughter was with me when he was not there but from end of september she will be gone to college so i will be alone when hubby goes.Love the less calorie crbonara.So sweet of your hubby to come and add a comment here. He really miss you.

Just want to say that this is mine and my partners favorite Spaghetti Carbonara recipe. Delish! I have made it once with fromage frais as suggested and the other time I used half extra light Philli and half low fat natural yoghurt. Thanks Goddess!

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My name is Maria and reside in Surrey, UK. I'm a full time domestic goddess (thanks to my hard working hubby), wife and mother (I love my work). I'm also a nannie to my beautiful grandson called Ollie, who I just love to bits! My other babies are my 2 beautiful but spoilt kitties, Madison and Coco. My passion is cooking and baking and my kitchen is my sanctuary. I love being able to share my love and joy of food with my family, friends and fellow foodie bloggers. I confess to having a "slight" amazon addiction and love to browse and buy beautiful cookbooks and own over 200 cookbooks, a collection which grows regularly!